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HAVERFORD SCHOOL, 

TROM ITS INSTITUTION TO THE CLOSE OF THE WINTER SESSION FOURTH 

MONTH, 1835 : 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



ASSOCIATION, &c. 



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HAVERFORD SCHOOL, 

DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 



During the week of the Yearly Meeting held in 
Philadelphia in the 4th month, 1830, a number of 
Friends, who had for a long time felt the disadvantages 
under which the youth of our society labour in obtain- 
ing a liberal education, met to deliberate on the best 
means of removing them. It was then agreed to attempt 
the establishment of a school, under the care and ma- 
nagement of Friends, for instruction in the higher 
branches of learning. 

A meeting of Friends was also convened at Henry 
street meeting house. New York, the 24th of the fifth 
month, 1830, to take the same subject into considera- 
tion, at which the following minute was adopted : 

" The important object on account of which Friends 
have met, engaged the serious deliberation of the meet- 
ing, which led them to impart their views and feel- 



ings thereon ; and it was the united sense of the meet- 
ing, that in order to preserve our youth from the con- 
taminating influence of the world, its spirit and maxims, 
whilst receiving their education, and to keep this inte- 
resting class of the society, its hope and promise, at- 
tached to the principles and testimonies of Friends, 
a school be established in some central position, and 
to an extent adequate to the wants of Friends on 
this continent, in which a course of instruction may be 
given, as extensive and complete as in any literary in- 
stitution in the country; plaimiess and simplicity of 
dress and deportment be strictly maintained and en- 
forced, and the minds of the pupils be at the same 
time imbued with the principles of the Christian reli- 
gion as always maintained by the society of Friends: 
that they may be thus prepared, under the Divine bless- 
ing, to become religious men and useful citizens. It 
appeared to be the opinion of the meeting, that such an 
institution would be the most useful under the supervi- 
sion and management of the contributors. These pre- 
liminary views being taken on the subject, it was con- 
cluded to appoint a committee to meet and corre- 
spond with Friends of other parts of the United States, 
and to call a meeting in this city to report the result of 
their proceedings thereon when they may deem it ex- 
pedient ; and to this service the following Friends were 
appointed : — John Griscom, Thomas Cock, Samuel 
Parsons, Richard Mott, John Wood, Gould Brown, 
William F. Mott, Mahlon Day, William Birdsall, 
Humphrey Rowland, and Asa B. Smith." 

In pursuance of a notice given through the medium 
of the " Friend," a meeting was held in Philadelphia, 



the 18th of sixth month, 1830, at which the following 
minute was adopted : 

"The meeting being informed that a considerable 
number of Friends had met in New York during the 
week of th«ir late Yearly Meeting, to consider the pro- 
priety of establishing a central school, and that there 
appeared to be a unanimous sentiment in favour of 
attempting such an establishment, and that a committee 
was appointed to confer with Friends of other parts of 
the United States, it was, on consideration, concluded, 
to appoint the following Friends to confer with them, 
and when prepared to submit the result of their delibe- 
rations, to call a meeting, through the medium of the 
" Friend," to receive their report, viz. — Thos. Evans, 
Daniel B. Smith, Edward Bettle, Thomas Kimber, 
Isaac Collins, George Stewardson, Samuel R. Gum- 
mere, Isaiah Hacker, Uriah Hunt, Henry Cope, Wm. 
Hodgson, Jr. and John Gummere." 

At a meeting held the 7th of seventh month, 1830, 
in Philadelphia, the committee appointed on the 18th 
of the preceding month, to unite with New York 
Friends in the consideration and arrangement of a plan, 
submitted the following outline, which was adopted : 

"The members of the Society of Friends having 
hitherto laboured under very great disadvantages in 
obtaining for their children a guarded education in the 
higher branches of learning, combining the requisite 
literary instruction with a religious care over the morals 
and manners of the scholars, enforcing plainness and 



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simplicity of dress and deportment, training up the 
children in a knowledge of the testimonies of our reli- 
gious society, and carefully preserving them from the 
influence of corrupt principles and evil communications, 
It is therefore proposed, That an institution be esta- 
blished in which the children of Friends shall receive 
a liberal education in ancient and modern literature, 
and the mathematical and other sciences, under the 
care of competent instructors of our own society, so as 
not to endanger their religious principles, or alienate 
them from their early attachments ; on the following 
fundamental principles : 

" The contributors shall all be members of the religious 
society of Friends, and certificates of stock shall be 
transferable to members of that society only. 

" No person shall be entitled to attend the meetings 
of the contributors, to vote by proxy, or otherwise to 
partake in the management or direction of the institu- 
tion, unless he be at the time a member of the religious 
society of Friends." 

The meeting was also informed, by a communication 
from Samuel Parsons, that the above plan had received 
the approbation of a meeting of Friends in New York. 
The committee was continued, to act in conjunction 
with the committee of New York Friends, in taking 
measures for procuring the contributions and support 
of our members throughout the different Yearly Meet- 
ings, and to call a meeting of the contributors w^hen they 
should deem it advisable. 

The following circular was issued by the joint com- 
mittee. 



« To 

" A number of Friends in different parts of the 
United States, and especially within the limits of New 
York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings, having deeply 
felt the disadvantages under which the members of our 
religious society labour, in obtaining for their children 
a guarded education in the higher branches of learning, 
have associated for the purpose of establishing a 
Friends' School. They believe it to be of very great 
importance that the literary instruction which shall fit 
our children for general usefulness in life, should be 
combined with a religious care over their morals and 
manners, and that they should be made acquainted 
with the great doctrines of the Christian Religion, and 
be brought up in observance of the testimonies of our 
religious society. 

" They therefore propose to establish an institution of 
this character, in which the children of Friends shall 
receive a liberal education under the care of competent 
instructors of our own society, as far as practicable. It 
is proposed that the full course of study in this institu- 
tion shall occupy a period of not less than four yearsy 
and shall include English literature, mathematics, natu- 
ral history, natural, intellectual, and moral philosophy, 
the ancient languages, and ancient literature ; opportu- 
nities for instruction in the principal modern languages 
are also to be afforded. This course of instruction is 
to be conducted by a principal, and a sufficient number 
of teachers, under the superintendence of a board of 
managers, of whom not more than two-thirds are to be 
members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia. 

" The scholars, previously to admission, are to undergo 
an examination as to their proficiency in the requisite 



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preparatory studies. They may be admitted for any 
period not less than one year. The domestic economy 
of the house is to be under the management of a stew- 
ard and matron. The scholars are all to be Friends, 
or the children of Friends. In order to carry this plan 
into effect, it is proposed to raise a stock of $40,000, 
in shares of $100 each, which the contributors are to 
be at liberty to increase, if it be found expedient. It is 
proposed, that a person holding one share, and less than 
three shares, shall be entitled to one vote at the meet- 
ings of the contributors ; a person holding three shares, 
and less than five shares, to two votes ; five shares, and 
less than ten shares, to three votes ; ten shares, and 
less than twenty shares, to four votes; and twenty 
shares and upwards, to five votes. The stock is to be 
transferable only to members of the religious society of 
Friends. And it is to be considered as a fundamental 
article of the association, that no person who is not a 
member of the Society of Friends, shall be entitled to 
a vote, or to any share in the management of the insti- 
tution. The nett profits of the institution, not exceed- 
ing five per cent., are to be divided among the stock- 
holders, and the surplus to be appropriated to the use 
of the school. It is proposed to call it " Friends' Cen- 
tral School,^'' and to locate it within a convenient dis- 
tance of Philadelphia. The expense of boarding and 
education, it is thought, will be about $200 per annum. 
" Although it is evident, that in order to raise so large 
a sum, a strong and united effort must be made by 
Friends favourable to education throughout the society, 
we do not doubt of accomplishing a good of so great 
a magnitude. We believe, that if the present favoura- 
ble opportunity be allowed to pass unimproved, many 



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years will elapse before another effort can be success- 
fully made for the purpose. 

" We therefore solicit thy co-operation in promoting 
these views, by thy own personal subscription, and thy 
influence among thy friends and acquaintance. 

Samuel Parsons, Flushing, L. I. 

Humphrey Howland, Aurora, N. Y. 

William F. Mott, New York. 

Thomas Cock, do. 

John Griscom, do. 

Gould Brown, do. 

William Birdsall, do. 

Henry Cope, Philadelphia. 

Thomas Evans, do. 

Thomas Kimber, do. 

Edward Bettle, do. 

Isaac Collins, do. 

Daniel B. Smith, do. 
Tenth Month, 1830." 



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We have carefully read the annexed circular, and 
approve of the plan of a school for instructing the chil- 
dren of Friends in the higher branches of learning, 
therein proposed. We believe that such an institution, 
if properly conducted, vs^ill be of eminent service to the 
rising generation, and to the society of Friends at 
large ; and that it is highly deserving the favour and 
support of Friends. 

Richard Mott, Hugh Balderston, 

Samuel Wood, Nicholas Popplein, 

William Waring, Wm. W. Handy, 

John R. Willis, Joseph King, Jr. 

John Cox, Nathan Hunt, 

Ellis Yarnall, Jeremiah Hubbard, 

Samuel Bettle, Jonathan Taylor, 

Richard Hartshorne, Benjamin W. Ladd, 
Timothy Paxson, Elisha Bates. 

Gerard T. Hopkins, 



On the 18th of the eleventh month, 1830, the first 
meeting of the contributors v^^as held. A report from 
the committee appointed in the sixth month was read, 
from which it appeared that more than the sum of 
$40,000, the proposed capital of the institution, had 
been subscribed ; and they recommending the capital 
to be increased to $60,000, it was unanimously agreed 
to adopt the proposition, and a committee was appoint- 
ed to solicit additional subscriptions. 

At a meeting of the contributors, held 9th of twelfth 
month, 1830, it was concluded to apply to the Legisla- 
ture of Pennsylvania for an act of incorporation ; and 



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at a meeting held the 30th of the same month, the fol- 
lowing were appointed officers of the institution. 
Secretary — Henry Cope. 
Treasurer — Benjamin H. Warder. 

Managers — Samuel Bettle, Thos. P. Cope, Thomas 
C. James, John Paul, Isaac Davis, Abm. L. Pennock, 
John G. Hoskins, Thos. Evans, Daniel B. Smith, Thos. 
Kimber, Charles Yarnall, George Stewardson, Isaac 
Collins, Samuel B. Morris, Bartholomew Wistar, John 
Gummere, Thos. Cock, Samuel Parsons, Lindley Mur- 
ray, Samuel F. Mott, John Griscom, Gerard T. Hop- 
kins, Jos. King, Jr., and Benjamin W. Ladd. 

At this meeting, the managers were authorized to 
select a site, and purchase the ground for the school, 
and to contract for and superintend the erection of the 
necessary buildings. 

The first report of the managers was made to a 
meeting of the contributors, held the 19th of twelfth 
month, 1831. The following are extracts from that 
report : 

"Immediately after their appointment, a committee 
was charged with the care of procuring a suitable farm 
for locating the school. This committee diligently 
attended to their duty, and examined every place offered 
for sale, within ten miles of the city, that was at all 
likely to answer the purpose. The difficulties in the 
way of our being suited, were however great, and 
seemed, for many months insuperable. We wished to 
procure a farm in a neighbourhood of unquestionable 
salubrity — within a short distance of a Friends' meet- 
ing — of easy access from this city at all seasons of the 
yearj at the same time that it furnished facilities for 



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bathing, and was recommended by the beauty of the 
scenery and a retired situation. Many farms, highly 
ehgible in some of these respects, but wanting in others, 
were presented to our notice from time to time, and 
claimed the attention of the managers. The only one 
which united the suffrages of the whole board, is a farm 
Avhich has recently been offered to us, and which we 
have since purchased for the sum of $17,865. It is an 
oblong tract of 198^ acres, lying on both sides of the 
Haverford road, near the 10 mile stone, and extending 
from that road to the Pennsylvania Rail Road, being 
nearly south of the eiglt mile stone on the Lancaster 
turnpike. There are about twenty acres of woodland, 
distributed in small groves, well adapted for ornamental 
cultivation. The soil is a light sandy loam, easily cul- 
tivated, and a part is in very good condition. It is well 
watered. A narrow strip of land, nearly the whole 
breadth of the farm, lies on the south-west side of the 
Haverford road. Mill brook, a branch of Cobb's creek, 
runs through this part of the tract, being the boundary 
line along a part of it, and passing through our land 
the remainder of the distance, in which there is a fall 
of 7 feet, 9 inches. A small branch of Cobb's creek 
passes through the eastern section of the land, and is 
an unfailing stream, with a fall of 13 feet. There is 
water power on either of these streams, it is thought, 
sufficient to raise water to the highest spot on the farm. 
There are, in addition, two fine springs of water. 
There is, also, a quarry of good building stone. The 
grounds have a slope to the south and south-east, and 
leave little to be desired on the score of beautiful 
scenery or eligibility for building. The Pennsylvania 
Rail Road passes along the northern boundary of the 



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place, and cuts off a small portion of it. Haverford 
meeting is held on an adjoining farm, and is a branch 
of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. 

" The numerous advantages of this situation, deter- 
mined the managers to purchase it, although including 
a larger quantity of land than was at first contem- 
plated ; and under all the circumstances, we believe that 
we have consulted the true interests of the institution in 
this measure. The managers have authorized con- 
tracts to be made for quarrying stone and cutting tim- 
ber for the building, which it is intended to commence 
with the first opening of spring. A plan for the build- 
ings has not yet been decided on. In this as in the 
literary arrangements of the school, the managers wish 
to maintain a wise liberality, so as to render the insti- 
tution really a seat of learning, keeping in view at the 
same time, the great and fundamental principle of our 
association — an education in strict conformity with the 
doctrines and testimonies of our religious society. 

"As it is confidently believed that the location and 
plan of the school will give general satisfaction, the 
managers entertain the hope that the additional num- 
ber of subscribers may be obtained so as to raise the 
stock to the sum of $60,000, the amount authorized by 
the association at its last meeting, and which is highly 
desirable to ensure the prosperity of the school." 

At this meeting, it was unanimously concluded, to 
continue in office, the secretary, treasurer and ma- 
nagers, until a meeting, to be held in the succeeding 
fifth month. 

To the meeting of the contributors, held in the fifth 
month, 1832, the managers reported that they had 



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adopted a plan of the buildings, and made the requisite 
contracts for erecting the same, which were then in 
progress. They say, "it has been agreed to erect a 
stone building, three stories high, 110 feet long, by 28 
feet in depth, for the accommodation of the pupils. 
The kitchen and dining room are in the basement story; 
a large collecting room and two school rooms are on 
the ground floor, and the second and third stories are 
divided into sixty-four chambers, 9 feet by 5^ feet for 
the accommodation of a single pupil in each. At each 
end of this building and at right angles to it, is a build- 
ing 50 feet by 28 feet, for the accommodation of the 
families of the principal and one of the teachers. The 
office of the managers and the infirmary will be in one 
of these wings, and the library and an additional 
school room in the other. For a more full detail of the 
arrangements of these buildings, the managers refer to 
the plans, which are herewith submitted, and which 
they have had engraved for the information of the con- 
tributors." 

"The managers have not been inattentive to the 
duty of providing competent teachers for the institution, 
although the contemplated arrangements are not suf- 
ficiently matured to authorize them to report them to 
the association. The subject is recommended to the 
early and earnest attention of their successors." 

The next annual report of the managers in the fifth 
month, 1833, mentions that " the building has been car- 
ried up and covered in, nearly according to the plan 
agreed upon. It is expected the house will be finished 
in the course of the coming autumn. An orchard of 
various kinds of apple and peach trees has been plant- 
ed, and some other trees and bushes have been placed 



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in suitable situations. An application made to the 
Legislature of Pennsylvania, at their late session, for a 
charter, met with a favourable reception, and a law 
was passed to incorporate the stockholders under the 
title of 'Haverford School Association.' The mana- 
gers have not been inattentive to the very important 
subjects connected with the opening of the School. 
Committees have been intrusted with the duties of pro- 
viding furniture, books and apparatus, and of maturing 
a plan of instruction; in all which, progress has been 
made, and partial reports have been given in to the 
board." 

The committee appointed in the twelfth month, 1830, 
reported that an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylva- 
nia had been obtained, incorporating the association, 
which was read and accepted -, and the trustees ap- 
pointed by the managers to receive and hold for the 
use of the association, the farm in the township of 
Haverford, whereon the school house is erected, were 
directed to convey the same to the corporation. The 
treasurer was likewise directed, to transfer to the said 
corporation, all monies, stock, and other effects held 
by him, in trust for the association. And all committees, 
and others, holding property on behalf of the associa- 
tion, were directed to account therefor to the officers 
of the corporation. 

The association then organized themselves under the 
act of incorporation, by the appointment of George 
Stewardson, Secretary, pro tempore, and held the first 
meeting under this act^ fifth month, 13th, 1833. 

After directing the act of incorporation to be copied 
at large upon the minutes, and appointing a committee 



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to prepare rules and by-laws, the association adjourned 
to the 3d of sixth month. 

At the adjourned meeting, held 3d of sixth month, 
1833, the report of the committee to prepare rules and 
by-laws was considered, and the following minute made. 

" The Friends Central School Association having 
been formed by members of the religious society of 
Friends exclusively, and the association, previously to 
obtaining the charter under which it now acts, having 
declared that the following provisions of their constitu- 
tion should be fundamental and unalterable, (the stock 
having been subscribed with this understanding and 
agreement,) they are therefore adopted as the funda- 
mental rules of this corporation. 

"Rule 1. The members of the association shall all 
be members of the religious society of Friends. 

" Rule 2. A person holding one share of stock, and 
less than three shares, shall be entitled to one vote at 
the meetings of the association ; a person holding three 
shares, and less than five shares, shall be entitled to two 
votes ; a person holding five shares, and less than ten 
shares, shall be entitled to three votes ; a person hold- 
ing ten shares, and less than twenty shares, shall be 
entitled to four votes; and a person holding twenty 
shares and upwards, shall be entitled to five votes ; and 
the votes of members may be given either in person or 
by proxy. Provided always^ That no person holding 
stock shall be entitled to attend the meetings of the 
association, to vote by proxy, or otherwise to partici- 
pate in the management or direction of the institution, 
unless he or she be at the time a member of the reli- 
gious society of Friends, 



" Rule 3. Every student admitted into this institu- 
tion shall be a member of the religious society of 
Friends, or the son of a member of that society. 

" Rule 4. The stock of the association shall be 
transferred to members of the religious society of 
Friends only." 

[The act of incorporation and by-laws, adopted at 
this meeting, are appended to this " Account."] 

At a special meeting of the association, held eleventh 
month, 29th, 1833, a report from the managers was 
read, of which the following is an abstract : 

" The managers, in the performance of the duties 
assigned them, have arrived at a period when they 
think it may be useful to call the attention of its friends 
to the present condition and prospects of the institution. 
They have therefore determined to submit to a meeting 
specially convened for that purpose, a summary of their 
transactions since the date of the last report, and such 
an exhibit of its affairs as may enable the association to 
decide what measures may be necessary to promote the 
successful prosecution of its objects. 

" Of the subjects which have engaged the attention 
of the board, none appeared to be more important, or 
to involve a greater responsibility, than the selection of 
a superintendent and teachers— a duty, difficult under 
ordinary circumstances, but embarrassed in the present 
instance, by the obvious advantage of confining our 
choice to members of our own society. 

" The result is known to the association — and while 
the Managers wish to speak modestly, yet they feel 
assured that the talent, learning, and weight of charac- 

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ter which have thus been secured to the institution^ 
may justly claim for it the confidence of Friends, and 
must greatly contribute to its ultimate success. 

" In deciding with the aid of the council of teachers 
upon a course of studies, the board has been guided by 
the undoubted truths, that instruction, to be availing, 
must be thorough — that the knowledge acquired must 
be made to bear upon the moral and intellectual cha- 
racter of the student — and that the great principles of 
Christianity cannot without imminent hazard be sepa- 
rated from the pursuit of learning. The course which 
has been agreed upon, if diligently pursued, will, it is 
believed, enable our pupils advantageously to compare 
with those of the best seminaries of learning in this 
country, and fit them to enter into society fortified 
against its seductions by a just sense of their moral and 
religious obligations. 

" Sensible of the importance of providing the neces- 
sary facilities for the prosecution of the studies of the 
institution, the managers have made as large an appro- 
priation as the state of their finances would permit, for 
the purchase of a library, and of philosophical appara- 
tus. The former will, in a few weeks, contain about 
1,000 volumes, including nearly complete sets of the 
Latin and Greek classics, and a number of standard 
works, some of them scarce and of great value, on 
mathematics and the kindred sciences, philology, men- 
tal and moral philosophy, with a small selection of gene- 
ral literature. Our collection of apparatus will shortly 
comprise the instruments necessary for the purpose of 
instruction in astronomy and the higher branches of 
mathematics, natural philosophy, and chemistry; and 
although still incomplete, will, it is believed, afford 



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means for the prosecution of these studies, which have 
not heretofore been accessible to the children of Friends 
in this country. 

" By the kindness of several individuals, a cabinet of 
specimens in natural history and other objects of curi- 
osity has been formed v^ithout expense to the institution, 
amounting to about 2,000 articles. The assistance of 
the members and friends of the association in extend- 
ing this collection is respectfully solicited. 

" In furnishing the house, and otherv^ise providing for 
the accommodation of the students, the managers have 
desired on one hand to avoid the cultivation of luxurious 
or self-indulgent habits inconsistent with our religious 
profession — and on the other, to make such arrange- 
ments as would tend to cherish feelings of self-respect, 
and promote personal neatness and decorum. The 
satisfaction which has been expressed by most of those 
who have visited the school, has encouraged the belief 
that these arrangements will be found to promote equally 
the interest of the institution and the comfort of its in- 
mates. 

" The school was opened on the 28th of tenth month 
last, twenty-one students being present, which number 
has since been increased to twenty-six, with the pros- 
pect of early and considerable accessions. 

" By the report of the building committee, it appears 
that the school edifice is nearly complete, although 
much remains to be done in order to provide the proper 
out-buildings, and to put the grounds into a suitable 
condition. 

" The dilapidated condition of the farm house, and 
the necessity of providing a residence for one of the 
teachers, have induced the managers to commence the 



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erection of a building which may be appropriated to 
one of these purposes — it is expected to be covered in 
during the present season, and completed in the spring. 

" From the statement of the treasurer, and of the 
several committees of the board, it appears that since 
the commencement of our operations, the actual dis- 
bursements amount to $42,220 09. It also appears, 
that to discharge existing debts, including the mortgage 
on the farm, and to complete the establishment, a fur- 
ther expenditure of nearly $20,000 vv^ill be required. 
The sum total of our resources amounts to $44,732 77, 
leaving a deficiency to be provided for of about $17,500. 

"In exhibiting to their constituents this statement of 
the finances, the managers may be allow^ed to express 
the belief that their disbursements will, on careful scru- 
tiny, be found to have been called for by a due regard 
to the interests of the institution. Avoiding unneces- 
sary expense, they have conceived it to be sound policy 
to provide such accommodations for the students, and 
such facilities for the prosecution of their studies as 
would place this school upon a par with the most thriv- 
ing seminaries of learning. 

" They have thought that the experiment is now to 
be made, whether Friends would support an institution 
conducted in accordance with our religious opinions, 
and offering advantages for instruction in the higher 
departments of learning, which have long been wanting 
amongst us. Relying upon that liberal support which 
has never been withheld when its necessity became ap- 
parent, the managers have been persuaded that such 
an institution w ould not be suffered to maintain a pre- 
carious existence, its usefulness restricted, and its ener- 
gies depressed under a load of debts. 



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" To provide for our youth the opportunity of becom- 
ing sound scholars, is not now a matter of mere expe- 
diency, but of incumbent duty; to provide it under cir- 
cumstances of seclusion from evil associations must be 
the wish of every Christian parent ; to add to the means 
of the highest mental culture the advantages of pious 
example and sound religious instruction, is really to se- 
cure for our members, that guarded education which 
has ever been deemed one of the great safeguards of 
our profession. 

" The experiment which is now in progress is one of 
the deepest interest — let it fail, and the cause of educa- 
tion, which is rapidly advancing in all other portions of 
the community, will with us retrograde to an extent of 
which it is painful to think : let it succeed, and its influ- 
ence will be felt to our remotest bounds, diffusing intel- 
ligence, improving our primary schools, and elevating 
the character of social intercourse. Let it not be 
thought that the benefits of this institution are to be 
confined to any class of persons. If it acts at all, 
it must be upon the great body of our society. It will 
not only improve, but it will cheapen education: by in- 
creasing the number of those who are qualified to en- 
gage in the business of instruction, it will render acces- 
sible to individuals who are in moderate circumstances, 
advantages which wealth has hitherto been unable to 
purchase. If then we would add to the usefulness and 
the enjoyments of those whom Providence has not 
blessed with a large share of outward possessions, if 
we would give to our youth higher motives to action than 
the accumulation of wealth, and lessen the temptations 
to which the absence of intellectual pleasures exposes 
them, let us secure for our society the advantages of an 



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institution, where knowledge is made to perform its 
highest office, the promotion of our moral welfare. 

A committee was then appointed to solicit further 
subscriptions to the stock of the institution, and as a 
temporary measure, the managers were authorized to 
borrow at interest, such sums of money as might be ne- 
cessary to pay the current expenses. 

At the next meeting of the association, held fifth 
month, 12th, 1834, the managers produced their annual 
report, of which the following is an abstract: — 

" The association has already been made acquainted 
with the transactions of the managers during the first 
half of the current year, by a report from them, sub- 
mitted to the special meeting held in the eleventh 
month last. 

" Soon after that time, a small accession was made 
to the number of students in the school, which amount- 
ed to thirty for the greater part of the winter session. 

"This was perhaps as large a number as ought, un- 
der all the circumstances, to have been expected so 
soon after the opening of tlje school ; and, if any further 
argument had been wantinig to demonstrate the abso- 
lute necessity of the establishment of such an institu- 
tion in the society of Friends, it might have been fur- 
nished by the fact, that of that small number, only one 
half were qualified for admission into any of the regu- 
lar classes. Five of these were placed in the second 
junior, and ten in the third junior class. The remain- 
ing half of course, belonged to the introductory depart- 
ment. The branches of study which have been pursued 



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at the school, are reading, writing, arithmetic, algebra, 
geometry, the Greek and Latin languages, Latin, 
Greek and English grammar, geography, history, com- 
position, rhetoric, logic, mental and moral philosophy, 
natural philosophy, chemistry, and the natural history 
of the earth. Instruction in the last three branches, 
has, thus far, been imparted altogether by lectures. 

" A considerable portion of the first day of the week 
has been devoted to the study and recitation of scrip- 
ture lessons, and to reading the works of our ancient 
Friends ; particularly such parts of them as are thought 
to be best calculated to convey a knowledge of our re- 
ligious principles, and of the history of our society. 
Explanatory remarks are intermingled by the superin- 
tendent, who is also careful to hold up to the view of 
the students, the faithfulness of our predecessors in sup- 
porting their religion under severe persecution, and to 
impress upon their minds the importance of a constant 
and strict regard for the principles and testimonies of 
Friends. Every morning before breakfast, and every 
evening before retiring to rest, the students are collect- 
ed together, and after a time of silence, the superinten- 
dent reads to them a portion of the Holy Scriptures^ 
with such occasional observations as he may deem 
proper for the illustration of their meaning. 

" Once in six weeks, the school is visited by a com- 
mittee of the managers, whose duty it is to make a 
particular report of its condition after each visit. 
From the information thus received, and from the re- 
sult of the semi-annual examination, at which a num- 
ber of the managers were present, a degree of improve- 
ment appears to have been exhibited by the students,, 
which is highly satisfactory and encouraging. A lively 



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interest in the pursuit of learning, as well as a disposi- 
tion to unite with the superintendent and teachers in 
the preservation of order and wholesome discipline, and 
a desire to cultivate habits of decorum and self-respect, 
seem, with few exceptions, to prevail amongst the stu- 
dents; and if it is allowable to argue at all from so 
short an experience, there seems good reason to in- 
dulge the hope, that no serious difficulties will occur in 
the government of the school. Much of the success, 
indeed, which has hitherto attended the operations of 
the institution, is to be attributed to the watchful care 
of those who are entrusted with its immediate over- 
sight, and to the influence of religious admonition and 
example, without which every effort to infuse into its 
inmates a spirit of mutual kindness and willing subor- 
dination will certainly be unavailing. 

" Upon the whole, the managers are gratified in be- 
lieving, that, if sufficiently aided by endowment and 
patronage, the institution affi)rds the fairest promise of 
effecting those important purposes of education for 
which it was originally established. That it will ulti- 
mately receive abundant patronage, there seems no rea- 
son to doubt ; for, although the number of students has 
hitherto not exceeded thirty, and although it is doubtful 
whether it will amount to fifty at the opening of the 
next term ; yet it should be borne in mind how few are 
now prepared to enter even the lowest of the regular 
classes, and that, as most of the students will be likely 
to remain several years at the school, a moderate yearly 
accession may soon render it difficult to obtain entrance 
at all. Let it be remembered, also, that the country is 
now suffering under an unusual weight of pecuniary 
embarrassment, which must inevitably have an influence 



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unfavourable to the support of all expensive establish- 
ments. Moreover, the advantages which Haverford 
affords, in almost every view^ which education presents, 
are so decidedly superior to those of any other school 
within the precincts of our religious society, that few 
parents, it may reasonably be presumed, who can afford 
to send their sons there, will be willing to forego them. 
Nevertheless, it is indispensably requisite, for an efficient 
and harmonious operation of the system, and for a full 
developement of all its resources, that much more liberal 
endowment should be afforded to the institution than it 
has hitherto received. 

" The capital stock has now been almost all paid in, 
and the managers have already been compelled to bor- 
row nearly five thousand dollars ; and a further sum of 
equal amount will be wanted almost immediately. As 
the association has heretofore been informed, the total 
expenditures, including a mortgage of $6,700 on the 
farm, will amount to about $62,000, whilst the total of 
our resources does not exceed $45,000. 

" The plan of separate chambers for each student 
has been found to be generally preferred. 

" The school buildings, apparatus, library and furni- 
ture, are all insured against fire ; the first perpetually, 
to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars, and the latter 
for seven years, to the amount of six thousand dollars. 
The new farm house is nearly finished ; and the farm 
has been rented on the shares to Stephen Trimble, who 
resides upon it. 

" The cabinet of natural history has been considera- 
bly enlarged by a number of donations, and, judging 
from the degree of liberality which has hitherto been 

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oxlcndod towards it, ihv.re is ^^roimd to expect that it 
will Iku'oiiki nil (extensive; and valuable museum. 
" P/iliaddphia, ilk mo. 1831." 

Tfic committ(H^ a|)|)oiiitcd at the last meeting of the 
association to |M<>ciir(^ additional subscriptions to the 
stock, rcj)ort(ul, tiiat in coiis(><|uciice chic^liy of the em- 
barassed condition of the country, they liad not thought 
it expedient to make any (illort for that pur|)ose : and 
they were re-appointed, with som(^ addition to their 
number. 

Tlie lollowing members were then elected officers of 
the association for the ensuing year — viz, 
Sccretanj — ( « eorgc^ Stewardson. 
IVcasiircr — IJenjamin II. Warder. 

Mduaocrs — 'riiomas P. ('o|)e, Samuel li(!ttle, John 
Paul, Isaac Davis, Henry Cope, Thos. Kiinber, Isaac 
Collins, Thos. Evans, Samuel 15. Morris, l5artliolomew 
Wistar, Abraham li. Pennock, John C lloskinSy 
Charles Varna II, Tliomas C. James, Samuel Parsons^ 
Thos. Cock, Lindlcy Murray, Samuel F. Mott, William 
F. Mott, Jos. King Jr., IJenjamin W. Ladd, George 
Williams, Edward Yarnall, Isaac S. Loyd. 

Tbe following report from the manageiis was read at 
a meeting of the association, held fifth month, 14th, 
1835. 

"The ])eriod of the last meeting of the association 
was one of peculiar anxiety on the part of the ma- 
nagers. The funds at their command were not only 
exhausted, but they were also deeply involved in debt. 
At the sanu^ tiim^ large expenditures remained to be 
made, as well for the completion of the improvements 



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whirii had Ikw-m tuiguri, m (or Ok; proHc.cMiion ofdtJK^rH, 

whir,h H<!<!Mi«;(l nofutHnnry to lullil 1,1m; (l<!Hign oftlm inHli- 

fiition, iiiu\ to prornoii; it,H ullirnnlc, huc.(U!HH. 'I'Jm; only 

jir;irj.i<-;«l>l<; nio<l<; of r<'.li<;vin^^ th<; JiHHOf/uition from if.H 

<;rnf>Ji,rraHHrn'-nl,, w.i:: \.<> '»l>t,;iiri .'i IiIx-.iijI junounl, «»f m<;w 

Hufwr.riplioriH ; JiriiJ tfio tim<; h<m;»i«;<] hin^Mjhu ly unf)n>- 

pilioiJH lor Kiicfi 5UI (jn(l<;ri;i,kin^^ N<;vc.rf,li<',l<'-HH, 1,Jh; 

j)t.t.«;rrij)t, wjih tfWHl*;, ;ifi<l a, (lc,/.^r(',c, of lilxrralily fiUH f)<;<'.n 

rriariifoHt,* (I, wIikJi, wfiilHl it, hjiH <;ti',i.\>\tu\ i\ui jiHHoc.iatiori 

to ov<j<:ofn<; <',xiHt,iri^^ (titlicjiltJ^iH, in lik<;wiH(5 cjiJculati-d 

to iriHfiire, th<! c-oriHolin/' r,(>f)fi()<',n<j',, that th<'. r,}jUH<; of 

Hound and <;nli;.d)t<Ji<,d (•♦lur.ation in d«;<',(>ly at h<;art witJi 

many of our i'cWow tn<,in\n',tH^ an*l that \u -rMii tin ty <',on- 

Hidoratiorw, at hta.M,, will n«*t mjUVj it !<- l.ni^u'iHlt in 

futur*;. A lar^'<; [lart of the (n-w Kuhn'-rijition i haM f>«e<;n 

paid in, and tfx; r<;friain(j<;r, <j<<JiiHiv<; of a donation ni' 

}S52,(M)(), Huhj<;r',t to t}i<-. (laymcnt of int<;rr',Ht at th<; rat<; 

of ()<;r f,<-,rit. (x-.r anniun dunn," lh« j'.int Ir/c^ <>{ th<-. 

donor and fiiH vvifi;, will l»«; hijth(',H;nt to diH<'har^<; all 

tfir; fh-,f>tH, <;xfj;()t th<-, rrjort/.'a;M; of 8(»,7(M) on th<; farm. 

An jnv(;nt,r>ry <>r all tfi<; property \n',\<>h}iiiii.' to th<; u.hh<> 

ciation han lately her;n niadi;, th*; fX)ial vulw. of v/hj' h 

IH foiirjd 1,') afn'>iH)f, to >(<G<>,4'il) 51. '('})«. hook^iljave 

fieen po; t(;(j n(> and [*alan<-,(;d, from whifii it appearn, 

tfiat t}i<;r<; iian f><;(;n a deJieit, ninfte the, a.HHoejation e,(>m- 

menr-,r;d itH operations, of $5,1 12 *ZH. Oi' thin d<ticit, 

i«5l,*2r2 UH uriHi'M from intereJ,, and ^\.;z:iH 7U i'lom the 

♦intimated <h;prr;r-,ia.tion irj tii'-, valii<; of th<; furnitnro, 

'I'h<; net.t ine,om<-. of tli*-, farm to tli'; pr<;He,rit tirn^t, 

arnountH to 5*5445 7'.i. 'I'fie wfiol<-, d»-,he,it arihirif/ from 

thij H('}unA de,partment, inehjdmf' all chitriJU'H for pnnt- 

ing, ^'.. HJricrj the ojienin^ of the, nefiool, an well a; the 

deprer-iation in ttie. value, of the fiirniturf, and a (jropij 



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proportion of fire insurance, amounts to about $3,500. 
This sum ought not to be considered large, when it is 
recollected that the school opened with only 21 scholars, 
and that it was not until it had been in operation for 
nearly a year, that the number amounted to fifty : whilst 
many of the expenses, particularly those incurred for 
salaries, were, necessarily, nearly as large in the begin- 
ning as they are at present. At the opening of the 
next term there will be at least 62 students ; and from 
the experience of the last eighteen months, the ma- 
nagers feel warranted in expressing a decided opinion, 
that this number will be sufficient to meet the expenses 
of the school. Some alterations have lately been made 
in the interior of the school house, so as to adapt it for 
the reception of about 70 students ; being as great a 
number as the present buildings can be made to accom- 
modate conveniently. And, as a proper estimate of 
the advantages of the school appears to be gaining 
ground, it is not unlikely that it may soon be filled. 
But all these circumstances, however encouraging, 
should not induce us to neglect any favourable oppor- 
tunity of increasing our funds: for the institution is still 
encumbered with debt, which it is highly desirable to 
be free from ; and there are numerous deficiencies yet 
to be supplied, particularly in the library and philoso- 
phical apparatus. A more complete set of astronomical 
instruments, including a telescope of high magnifying 
power, should also be procured, whenever the means of 
the association will admit of it ; and as an almost neces- 
sary consequence, an observatory, properly fitted up for 
astronomical purposes, should be erected at a conveni- 
ent distance from the school house ; in order, not only 
that observations of the heavenly bodies may be made 



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in so perfect and accurate a manner as to be servicea- 
ble to the cause of science, and promote the credit of 
the institution, but that the students may become fa- 
miUar with the dehcate operations of the practical 
astronomer, and thus be prepared themselves, to apply 
to many useful purposes, those sublime and beautiful 
principles which theory unfolds to them. 

"It is also desirable, to furnish the school with a 
larger supply of water than can be derived from wells 
in the vicinity of the house; for which purpose a con- 
siderable sum of money will be required. 

" Hitherto, the expenditures for books and philosophi- 
cal instruments have, perhaps, been as liberal as the 
means of the association would permit ; and the institu- 
tion possesses a numerous collection of excellent and 
well selected apparatus, and works of literature and 
science, including a handsome museum of natural his- 
tory. But it is of course important to render every 
part of the establishment as complete as possible; for, 
although the managers have always been anxious to 
assign the first place to moral and religious instruction, 
as being of far higher value than that which is merely 
scientific or literary, yet every reasonable facihty should 
be afforded for the acquisition of the latter, not only on 
account of its own intrinsic importance, but that the in- 
stitution may not suffer by comparison with others, 
whose advantages in many respects are far inferior. 

"Up to the present period, the success of the school 
has been as great as the most sanguine of its founders 
could have anticipated; and the experience of the last 
half year has been peculiarly interesting and gratifying. 
Respect and affection towards the superintendent and 
teachers, kindness towards one another, a willing spirit 



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of subordination, close attention to their studies, and a 
general deportment, for the most part correct and ex- 
emplary, have characterized the students; and the in- 
fluence of such habits and associations cannot fail of 
being felt with advantage in their future life. 

"In consequence of the increase of students at the 
opening of the last term, it was thought necessary to 
separate the introductory school from the higher depart- 
ment, and to employ additional teachers to have the 
care of it ; providing at the same time for its continued 
oversight, and frequent examination, by the principle 
teachers. Towards the close of the term, it was be- 
lieved that considerable improvement might be made in 
its organization, and it was accordingly remodelled. 
By the new arrangements which have been adopted, 
the managers have no doubt, that much greater effi- 
ciency will be given to it, and that it will effect the 
intended object, of preparing students for admission 
into the higher classes, in a satisfactory manner. 

" Philadelphia, 5th mo. 6th, 1835." 

At the same meeting, the following persons were 
elected officers of the association, for the ensuing 
year, viz : 

Secretary — Abraham L. Pennock. 
Treasurer — Benjamin H. Warder. 

Managers — Samuel Bettle, Thomas P. Cope, John 
Paul, Isaac Davis, Henry Cope, Thos. Kimber, Isaac 
Collins, Thomas Evans, Bartholomew Wistar, Charles 
Yarnall, George Stewardson, Thos. C. James, George 
Williams, Edward Yarnall, Isaac S. Loyd, Josiah 
White, Chas. Evans, Samuel Hilles, Samuel Parsons, 



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Thos. Cock, Lindley Murray, Samuel F. Mott, Wil- 
liam F. Mott, Joseph King, Jr. 

The following extract from the proceedings of the 
managers, will show the views under which the Board 
proceeded to the discharge of its important duties, and 
the system of discipline and instruction adopted for the 
institution. 

"At the first meeting of the managers, held first 
month, 1st, 1831, some time having been spent in the 
consideration of the magnitude and responsibility of the 
duties assumed by the association, of the motives in 
which it originated, and the principles on which it is 
founded, it was agreed to record on our minutes, as a 
guide to all our future proceedings — That the primary 
object in forming this association has been, the preser- 
vation of our young men, at one of the most exposed 
periods of life, by affording them the opportunity of 
a liberal education, in strict accordance with the doc- 
trines and testimonies of our religious society, without 
subjecting them to the contaminating influence of mixed 
seminaries. As the cultivation of the mental faculties 
not "only qualifies us for the better discharge of our 
relative and social duties, but, when they are happily 
brought under the influence of Divine Grace, increases 
our capacity for usefulness in the faithful fulfilment of 
our religious engagements — we are persuaded that the 
true interests of our children are to be advanced by 
the inculcation of sound learning, and by habits of strict 
disciphne. Their guarded religious education having 
been always an object of great interest with the Society 



3^ 

of Friends, we are deeply solicitous, that these original 
and fundamental objects of the institution, may at all 
times be adhered to ; and that the whole course of in- 
struction, its discipline, and regulations, be in strict 
conformity with the doctrines and testimonies of our 
religious society." 

At a meeting held fifth month, 14th, 1831, the follow- 
ing plan of discipline and instruction, was, after much 
deliberation, agreed upon. 

" The officers of the institution shall be a Superin- 
tendent, with an adequate number of Teachers. 
' " At the opening of the school, there shall be at least 
three Teachers ; to wit : 

"A Teacher of Ancient Languages and Ancient 
Literature. 

" A Teacher of English Literature, and Mental and 
Moral Philosophy. 

" A Teacher of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 

"Chemistry, Natural History, &c., shall be assigned 
to such of the instructors as may be found best qualified, 
until separate teachers be appointed for each. 

"The Superintendent shall have charge of the govern- 
ment, order, and domestic economy of the family. 

"The Superintendent and Teachers shall constitute 
a council for the determination of all questions relating 
to the instruction and discipline of the institution. 

" The council shall keep minutes of their proceedings, 
which minutes shall, at all times, be open to the inspec- 
tion of the Board of Managers, and their proceedings 
shall be subject to its revision. 



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" The students of this institution shall be carefully 
instructed in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, 
as held by our religious society, and in the nature and 
ground of our Christian testimonies ; and their deport- 
ment shall be required to be consistent therewith. 

" The full course of instruction shall embrace a period 
of four years; and no student shall be admitted into 
the school for less than one year: the students shall 
be arranged according to their proficiency, into four 
classes, viz: 

«The Third Junior Class. 

"The Second Junior Class. 

"The Junior Class. 

"The Senior Class. 

" There shall be two sessions in the year, and an ex- 
amination of the students shall take place at the end of 
each. 

"The full course of instruction shall include the Latin 
and Greek Languages, Ancient and English Litera- 
ture, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Mathematics and 
Natural Philosophy. 

"Students, previously to admission into the Third 
Junior Class, shall undergo an examination by the 
Teachers, in the following preparatory studies, to wit: 
English, Latin, and Greek Grammar, Geography, Al- 
gebra as far as simple equations, Latin as far as Caesar, 
and the Gospel of John in the original Greek. 

" For the accommodation of parents who cannot con- 
veniently have their children instructed elsewhere in all 
the studies requisite for admission into the Third Junior 
Class, a preparatory class will be organized ; in order 
that such children may have the opportunity of acquiring 

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the requisite attainments, with as httle delay as practi- 
cable." 

In the tenth month, 1832, the Board, under an im- 
pression that some misconception prevailed as to the 
ohjocts of the institution, and its course of instruction, 
appointed a committee to prepare an address to Friends, 
explanatory of its views on these subjects; and in the 
first month following, Daniel B. Smith, of that commit- 
tee, reported an essay, which having been carefully ex- 
amined, was finally adopted, and directed to be pub- 
lished — as an exposition of the sentiments of the 
managers on the subject of education in general, and 
the conduct of this institution in particular. That ad- 
dress is as follows: 

"The buildings and arrangements for the school at 
Haverford being in such a state of forwardness as to 
promise an early completion, the managers think it due 
to those parents who may be looking to this institution 
for completing the education of their children, to state 
more fully than has yet been done, the views in which 
it originated. 

"Many of the members of the religious Society of 
Friends, who arc anxious to bestow a guarded and libe- 
ral education upon their children, and those connected 
with them, have long felt the disadvantages to which 
they are subjected in accomplishing this object. Upon 
looking round, and comparing sentiments, it was found 
that the number entertaining these views was very con- 
siderable. It was believed, that if an institution were 
once founded, which should carry out to the completion 
of the education, the plan so well begun in the Yearly 



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Meeting schools, of combining sound literary instruc- 
tion with a strict guard over the morals and manners, 
and a careful seclusion from the temptations incident 
to mixed schools — it would be cordially approved by 
their fellow members. From the inquiries which were 
then made, it is believed that a greater number of 
Friends' children than can be accommodated in the 
buildings we have erected, are at this time receiving 
their education at colleges and academies, amidst asso- 
ciations which are calculated to lead them away from 
the simplicity of their profession, and often surrounded 
by examples of dissipation and extravagance, which no 
pious parent can witness without pain. The reason 
almost uniformly given by parents for thus exposing 
their offspring, has been, that there is no means of pro- 
curing a liberal education within the limits of the society. 
" It was therefore agreed to try how far our friends 
were really interested in the subject, and an association 
was formed, and funds were raised for establishing a 
select boarding school for the higher branches of learn- 
ing. The attempt was successful, and a site has been 
selected, which has given very general satisfaction for 
its healthiness, the beauty of the country, and its readi- 
ness of access. A spacious and convenient building 
has been erected, sufficient to accommodate upwards 
of sixty pupils, and arrangements are in forwardness, 
though not completed, for engaging competent and well 
quahfied teachers. As it vdll be important to the ma- 
nagers to ascertain the number of pupils with which 
the school is to open, those parents and guardians who 
design to send their children to the institution, are re- 
quested to give information thereof, at as early a period 
as is convenient, to the Clerk of the Board of Man- 



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agers. The price of board and tuition will be $200 
per annum; and it is intended previously to opening the 
school, to publish an outline of the course of instruction, 
a list of the books requisite, and other detailed informa- 
tion, which would at the present time be premature. 

" The managers are sensible, that, in an undertaking 
of such great responsibility, which will naturally be 
scrutinized with a watchful eye, it is due to the friends 
of the institution to state at greater length than would 
otherwise be requisite, the course of education which 
they have, after mature reflection, adopted, and the 
reasons which have influenced their judgment. In the 
first place, then, we do not aim so much to make bril- 
liant scholars of our pupils, as to turn out well instruct- 
ed, serious, reflecting, and useful men. The acquisi- 
tion of knowledge, valuable for its own sake, is chiefly 
to be prized as the means by which incomparably more 
important objects — the cultivation of the mental powers, 
and the formation of correct principles and habits, are 
to be attained. Education, in this most comprehensive 
sense, is the business of life, commencing in infancy, 
and carried on, in rightly governed minds, to old age. 
That portion of it which devolves upon tutors, must, to 
be valuable, have reference to this great end of the 
formation of character, and must be modified in its de- 
tails by the peculiar mental constitution of the indivi- 
dual, and his prospects in life. 

" In laying the foundation of a good education, those 
parts of the multifarious mass of human knowledge 
must be selected, the study of which is most strengthen- 
ing to the faculties, and the application most useful in 
the affairs of life. These have been decided by the 
experience of the most competent judges, to be the 



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abstract and natural sciences, and language. Each of 
these departments of study has its pecuhar influence in 
the formation of the intellectual character, and each, 
when it is the only means employed, must partially, and 
therefore imperfectly, exercise the faculties. The study 
of the mathematical sciences, for example, is of very 
great value in its place. It forms the best means of 
invigorating the reasoning powers. The perfect preci- 
sion of their terms, the absolute certainty of their proof, 
infuse into the mind that has been imbued with them, 
a calm confidence, in principles of the truth of which it 
is persuaded, that no sophistry can shake. The disad- 
vantages of an exclusive study of the mathematics are, 
that its peculiar exercise of the faculties is not that 
which prepares for common life ; that it deals in cer- 
tainty, whereas men are compelled to act on probabili- 
ties; that its results all lie folded up in its own first 
principles, whereas the business of fife is with an ever 
varying and often conflicting experience. 

" The value of the natural sciences as a means of 
improving the mind, consists in the habits of observa- 
tion, of discrimination, and of classification which they 
cultivate. They counteract the tendency of pure ma- 
thematics to abstract the mind from external objects. 
Yet as they relate only to these, their sphere must 
be admitted to be a subordinate one; for they may be 
successfully pursued without expanding or elevating the 
moral faculties. 

" One of the most valuable and important depart- 
ments of study is that of language. Our native tongue 
undoubtedly claims the preeminence in our regard. 
But there is always a portion of time advantageously to 
be spared fi-om other studies, sufficient for acquiring a 



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competent knowledge of some foreign language. The 
exercise is in itself a most useful one. It trains the 
mind to that memory of words, an habitual accuracy in 
which is not only of vast importance in the business of 
life, but is closely connected with the practice of strict 
veracity. In this respect alone, there may not be much 
room for choice between the study of one language and 
another. But our own tongue, richer perhaps than any 
other in the spoils of every clime, cannot be fully mas- 
tered without a knowledge of the sources from which 
it is derived ; and it is for this reason among others, that 
the languages of ancient Greece and Rome, the com- 
mon stock of so many modern dialects, are to be pre- 
ferred. Their peculiar structure admirably adapts 
them for illustrating the principles of the philosophy of 
language. They are the languages, moreover, of the 
nations which first cultivated letters with success, and 
there are from this circumstance a freshness and vigour, 
and originality in their compositions, which place these 
in the first rank of literary productions, a rank, which, 
from the fixed character of their language, they will 
probably continue to maintain. 

" It is true that some of the writings of the heathens 
are tainted with the impurity of their superstition. But 
what language is there except that of the Old Testa- 
ment, which is not liable to the same, or still stronger 
objections ? What security, in short, have we from the 
poison of this kind, that is in every breath of the world 
we live in, but the inculcation of a better knowledge, 
and of higher principles of action ? It must be remem- 
bered that these ofiensive books are to form no portion 
of the course of study in our school; for it is intended 
carefully to exclude them. The aim in teaching these 



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languages will be, to make the pupil thoroughly master 
of their structure by the careful study of a few well 
selected books. He will thus obtain all the benefit 
which the study confers as a course of mental disci- 
pline of peculiar value in the formation of the intellec- 
tual habits, and be prepared to extend his acquaintance 
with authors, as inclination or subsequent pursuits may 
lead. 

"An important effect of the careful study of language, 
is its influence in establishing the use of clear and pre 
cise terms, which takes away one of the most fruitful 
sources of error and disputation. Of still higher value 
is its connexion with the philosophy, and with the his- 
tory of the progress of the human mind. An education 
which should embrace all the physical sciences, and not 
include a knowledge of the phenomena of the mind, 
would be defective in all the higher objects of instruc- 
tion. The laws of our intellectual nature are as per- 
manent as those of the material world — they furnish as 
clear an evidence of Almighty wisdom — they constitute 
our real though unseen guides in the pursuit of all other 
sciences. A cautious spirit of inquiry has at length 
rescued this department of science from the reproach 
to which it was long subject, of vain and frivolous sub- 
tlety. It diffuses its light, by teaching the true method 
of philosophical inquiry, over all other branches of 
learning. It forms itself the basis of a large and most 
important part of our knowledge — that which relates to 
the sources of our intellectual pleasures, to our social 
and civil rights, and above all, that which treats of our 
moral obligations. This ethical department of the phi- 
losophy of mind, forms indeed its highest and noblest 
province, for we are not left in its examination to the 



40 

unassisted guidance of human reason, but we travel by 
the hght which is shed upon it from Divine Revelation. 

"Such, as it appears to us, is the just gradation of 
the studies requisite for completing the education, for 
invigorating the mental powers, and at the same time 
acquiring that due adjustment of their strength which 
is the characteristic of sound reason. When the pur- 
suits of learning are thus brought to bear upon the 
great end of existence, the happiness and virtue of 
mankind, they do not serve merely to scatter flowers 
along the path of life — but they become the firm friends 
and supporters of religion and morality. 

"It should not be objected that the course of study 
we have laid down, is suitable only as a preparation for 
the literary professions, and that it can be of little use 
to men in the more mechanical and laborious occupa- 
tions. If its chief value consist in this, that it strength- 
ens the faculties, forms habits of patient thought and 
steady perseverance, and establishes in the mind just 
methods of reasoning — these are of great value in 
every sphere of life ; and although the studies during 
the pursuit of which they were acquired may be ne- 
glected or forgotten amidst the cares and duties of 
manhood, the mind will retain the impression which it 
has received, as soils will retain the marks of a fertiliz- 
ing growth for years after it has mouldered away. 

"It will be readily inferred, that entertaining these 
views of the subject, we shall not attempt to crowd into 
the course of study a great variety of miscellaneous 
learning. It is a mistaken idea that the extent of 
knowledge communicated in a school is a measure of 
its value ; for the mere details of any science, however 
fresh and vivid at first, gradually fade from the recol- 



41 

lection, if they are not frequently re-examined ; and all 
that remains with us permanently are the general prin- 
ciples, and those particulars which have become asso- 
ciated in our mind with familiar objects or memorable 
occurrences. To be trained for severe mental labour 
and discipline is far better than to have the head filled 
with a mere collection of facts. 

" Yet, as every plan of education must be modified 
in a degree by the circumstances of individuals, we 
shall blend with these principal studies, the practical 
branches of education, which are of a more palpable 
and direct application to business. These vnll be pur- 
sued by the pupils in every stage of their progress, and 
the instruction will be accommodated as far as practi- 
cable to the circumstances of each child, the length of 
time for which he is entered, his previous studies, his 
capacity and disposition, and the wishes of parents in 
relation to his future occupations. 

" In an institution for the guarded, as well as liberal 
education of youth, members of the religious society of 
Friends, a conformity to the customs and peculiarities 
— the dress and address of the society, becomes a mat- 
ter of course. In order that this compliance may not 
be an unwilling submission, the reasons for which it is 
required, and the connexion in which it stands with the 
highest principles of duty should be explained. The 
history of our society — the nature of our institutions 
and our peculiar testimonies, are, to say the least of 
them, as important to us, as the history and constitu- 
tion of our common country, of which every well in- 
formed citizen would be ashamed to be thought igno- 
rant. 

" But if it be thus important to make youth acquaint- 

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42 

ed with those parts of the testimonies of the society 
which distinguish it as a separate people, it must be 
admitted to be equally so to instruct them in the com- 
mon belief of the Christian world. The external evi- 
dences of the truth of revealed religion, are as proper 
a subject of investigation as any question in science. If 
true, they must be able to withstand, as they ever have 
done, the severest scrutiny. They form in fact, the 
most irresistible weight of proof which has ever been 
brought to bear upon any question of a moral nature. 
Not to make the youthful mind acquainted with the 
wonderful train of events, the prophecies and their ful- 
filment, the undesigned and almost miraculous proofs 
of the truth of holy writ by profane and infidel writers, 
the confirmation by natural and moral revolutions, which 
this investigation opens, is to shut out one of the noblest 
views which the Almighty has vouchsafed to us, of the 
course of his providence. 

" Thus far, the understanding, and that only, is ne- 
cessarily enlightened. The pupil may pass from study 
to study through the course we have marked out; all 
this knowledge may be received by him as mere know- 
ledge, and the heart remain unwarmed by a single ray 
of true religion ; for there is no necessary connexion 
between them. Although by careful cultivation the 
soil may be prepared by us to receive it, it is not, to 
use the expressive metaphor of holy writ, until the good 
seed of the kingdom has been sown by the heavenly 
husbandman, that the fruits of righteousness can ap- 
pear. 

"But what then? Shall we avoid communicating 
instruction — which, when it receives the Divine bless- 
ing, is of the most valuable kind — because it may fail 



43 

of this ? Is it thus that Christian parents act towards 
their own offspring ? Do they not rather the more anx- 
iously inform and cultivate the youthful mind, praying 
and humbly trusting for Divine aid, seeking access 
to the fountain of life to qualify them for their labours, 
watching continually against the buddings of evil pro- 
pensities, cautioning, reproving, exhorting, as strength 
is given them ? And what is a properly qualified teacher 
but a delegated parent, to whom the child is commit- 
ted, that he may be instructed in all these things that 
we have enumerated, and that his character may be 
formed after the Christian pattern as far as example 
and instruction will go ? 

"Not that we suppose any institution capable of 
moulding alike the character of every pupil. But we 
think we are bound to take the best means circum- 
stances permit for improving the faculties and forming 
the intellectual character of our children ; and if we 
inculcate as the great fundamental principle of all our 
instruction, that these studies contribute to the true 
honour and dignity of the character, only as this is sub- 
mitted to the cross of Christ, we conceive that we place 
human learning in that entire subordination to Chris- 
tian principle and to the influence of the Holy Spirit, 
which has ever been the aim of the religious society of 
Friends. 

"Within our own times a remarkable change has 
taken place throughout the civilized world, in respect 
to the diffusion of knowledge. It is not merely that all 
classes are now taught the common rudiments of learn- 
ing ; but by a judicious selection of objects of study, by 
improved methods of instruction, and better elementary 
treatises than were formerly in use, a degree of solid 



44 

and useful learning is imparted to young men even in 
the ordinary walks of life, which has heretofore been 
limited almost exclusively to the rich. The knowledge 
which is thus becoming universal in the middling 
classes, is brought to bear upon the daily business of 
life, and has become essential to the successful cultiva- 
tion of many of the manual arts. Such is the invaria- 
ble tendency of improvements in society. That learn- 
ing which a few centuries ago was confined to the 
wealthy, is now diffused throughout the mass of the 
community, and its light is continually augmenting and 
spreading. For knowledge is no longer a mere foun- 
tain at which a few may drink ; it is spread abroad 
like the ocean, its waters may be said to be exhaling 
into the atmosphere ; the common air is saturated with 
it, and we imbibe it, as it were, at every pore, and with 
every breath. The alternative is not in this age and 
in this country between a safe ignorance and a hazard- 
ous knowledge. It is between a safe knowledge and a 
hazardous ignorance. For however our education may 
be contracted, we cannot in our necessary intercourse 
with men, avoid receiving impressions of one kind or 
another from those who read and speculate ; and the 
mind which is n6t well grounded in just principles, will 
be blown about by every wind of doctrine, and be pe- 
culiarly liable to be dazzled by the glitter of false 
learning. If then it be demonstrated, that without a 
proper cultivation the mind will run to waste, the only 
question that remains is, what method of instruction we 
shall pursue ? If it were a question respecting the 
mode of tilling a field, or the shape of a mechanical 
tool, we should be answered, seek out and adopt the 



45 

best. Need we ask if the human mind is not of more 
value than a blade of grass, or a carpenter's hammer? 

" In attempting as far as practicable to carry into 
effect their views of the paramount importance of reli- 
gious care in the education of yt>uth, the managers 
trust that they will be enabled to secure the services of 
a properly qualified Friend in the station of superin- 
tendent. It is their wish to place at the head of the 
institution, a Friend whose duty it shall be to devote 
himself to the charge of the pupils in the intervals of 
study — to watch over and mingle with them — to exer- 
cise over them the peculiar care which judicious and 
pious parents feel to be requisite. An intercourse of 
this kind will soften without weakening authority, and 
may be made the means of much seasonable instruc- 
tion. This feature in our institution will, we trust, 
recommend it to the confidence of parents and to the 
affections of the pupils. By the aid of a mild but firm 
discipline, of competent teachers, and thorough instruc- 
tion in every branch of study that is to be pursued, 
and of sedulous care and oversight on the part of its 
officers and managers, we hope that our institution 
may prove the means, under the Divine blessing, of 
imparting to the youth educated in it for generations 
to come, that ' good instruction,' which, in the language 
of the motto of William Penn, ' is better than riches.* 

" PJdladelphia, 5th mo, 13, 1833." 

In the first month, 1834, the committee on instruc- 
tion submitted a report to the managers, from which 
the following is an extract : 

" The government, order, and harmony which pre- 



46 

vail in the school, are highly gratifying, and the con- 
duct of the students on most occasions has been com- 
mendable. In the opening of such an institution, and 
the introduction of the regulations and restrictions ne- 
cessary for its government, it was expected that some 
difficulties would be experienced, especially with such 
as had been subjected to little restraint at home. The 
committee, however, take pleasure in saying, that much 
less difficulty has arisen from this source than might 
have been calculated upon; which they attribute to 
the mild, judicious, and firm system of discipline pur- 
sued by our superintendent, aided by the teachers, and 
the watchful care which he exercises over the students 
during their relaxation from study. The infant state 
of the seminary, and the short period during which we 
have made the experiment, induce us to speak with 
modesty and caution as to its success ; we are aware 
that considerable time must be allowed for the intro- 
duction and developement of a regular system of go- 
vernment and study, for training the pupils and familiar- 
izing the teachers with the whole routine of their 
duties ; yet we cannot withhold the expression of our 
belief, that although the present situation of the school 
demands the fostering care and persevering attention 
of the managers, yet it holds out the promise of be- 
coming an institution eminently beneficial to our reli- 
gious society. This must depend, in great measure, 
upon a strict adherence to the views which led to its 
establishment. It was not merely to furnish our youth 
with the opportunity of acquiring literary and scientific 
knowledge, but that religious instruction in the doc- 
trines and testimonies of our society should be inter- 
woven with the whole course of study, and made its 



47 

prominent and characteristic feature. The terms "re- 
ligious and guarded education" have become somewhat 
technical among Friends, and embrace a broad and 
most important view of Christian instruction. To fulfill 
its requirements, it is not only necessary that the stu- 
dent should be made acquainted with the principles of 
Christianity as a system, but that they should have be- 
fore them living practical illustrations of its benign in- 
fluence in modifying and ennobling the human charac- 
ter. When such examples are carried out with dignity 
and consistency in the daily intercourse between the 
students and those who are placed as guardians over 
them, the direct tendency is to soften the harshness of 
the temper, to subdue the will, lower the tone of lofty 
independence which youth are too apt to assume, and 
bring the whole conduct under the government of reli- 
gious feeling. This gradually diffuses itself throughout 
the institution, produces a cheerful acquiescence with 
a salutary code of discipline, carries through every de- 
partment a gentleness and courtesy of demeanour; 
breathes a spirit of subordination and of ready submis- 
sion to each other, and forms the strongest bulwark 
against the inroads of vice and irreligion." 

The resignation of Samuel Hilles as Superintend- 
ent, was reluctantly accepted by the managers, to take 
effect at the close of this session, he was appointed Su- 
perintendent at the opening of the School, and remained 
in that station eighteen months ; during which he 
discharged the responsible duties of the office to the 
entire satisfaction of the managers, and acquired the 
confidence and esteem of the pupils. 

The vacancy thus made was filled by the appoint- 
ment of John Gummere. 



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JOHN GUMMERE, 

Superintendent and Teacher of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 

SAMUEL GUMMERE, 

Assistant Teacher of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 

DANIEL B. SMITH, 

Teacher of Moral Philosophy, English Literature, &c, 

WILLIAM DENNIS, 

Teacher of the Latin and Greek Languages, and Ancient Literature. 

WILLIAM GUMMERE, 

Assistant Teacher of the Latin and Greek Languages and Ancient Lite- 
rature. 

BENJAMIN H. DEACON, 

Teacher of the Introductory School. 

BENJAMIN F. HARDY, 

Assistant Superintendent. 



APPENDIX. 



An Act to establish a Seminary by the name of " Haverford 
School Association" 

WHEREAS, a numljer of individuals being desirous of establishing 
a seminary in which young men shall be instructed in the liberal arts 
and sciences, have associated together : And wAer<?a5, the establishment 
of such a seminary would tend to diffuse information, and promote the 
public good ; 

Therefore, 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresenta- 
tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania^ in General Assembly 
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sa?ne, That 
Thomas P. Cope, Thomas C. James, Samuel Bettle, Isaac Davis, and 
Daniel B. Smith, and their associates and successors forever, be, and 
they are hereby created and made a body poUtic and corporate in deed 
and in law, by the name, style and title of " Haverford School Associa- 
tion," and by the same shall have perpetual succession, and are hereby 
made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, take, hold, 
possess, enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, 
tenements, hereditaments, stock, goods, chattels, and effects, of what 
kind, nature, quality, or condition soever, whether real or personal, by 
gift, grant, demise, bargain and sale, devise, bequest, testament, legacy, 
or by any other mode of conveyance or transfer whatever, (Provided 
the yearly income arising from the same and subject to the annual dis- 
position of the said association, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand 
dollars, money of the United States,) and the same to give, grant, bar- 
gain, sell, demise, convey, assure, transfer, aUen, and dispose of to 
others for the whole or any less estate than they have in the same. And 
also to improve and augment the same, in such manner and form as the 

1 



ii APPENDIX. 

said association by their by-laws and regulations shall order and direct, 
and shall and may apply the same, with the rents, issues and profits, 
income and interest of such estate, and the money arising from the sales 
or alienation of any part thereof, to the use, ends, intents, and purposes 
of their institution, according to the rules, orders, regulations, and con- 
stitution of the said association, as fully and eftectually as any natural 
person, or body politic and corporate within this state, by the laws and 
constitution of the commonwealth can do and perform. And the said 
association, by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall and may sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend 
and be defended in all courts of law and equity within this common- 
wealth or elsewhere, and also to make, have, and use a common seal, 
and the same to break, alter, and renew at their pleasure, and also to 
ordain, establish, change, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, 
and regulations as to them shall seem meet, not being contrary to the 
laws and constitution of this commonwealth, and generally to do and 
execute all and singular the acts, matters and things which to the said 
corporation shall or may appertain. Provided always, that if the afore- 
said association shall take or apply to the erection or support of their 
said school or association, or for any other purpose, any of the property, 
real or personal, which now is or heretofore has been held in trust for 
any religious society, then, in that case, their chartered privileges shall 
cease, determine, and revert to this commonwealth. 

Section 2. ^nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid^ 
That the capital stock of the association shall consist of six hundred 
shares of one hundred dollars each, and the school may go into opera- 
tion whenever the sura of forty thousand dollars is subscribed, and the 
stock shall be transferable in conformity with the rules and by-laws of 
the corporation. The association shall meet annually at such time and 
place as it may determine, and twenty members shall form a quorum 
for the transaction of business. Special meetings may be called by the 
managers at their discretion, and notice shall be given of all the meetings 
of the association, at least two weeks previous to the time at which they 
are to be held. The officers of the association shall be a secretary, a 
treasurer, and twenty-four managers, who shall be chosen by ballot from 
among the members at their annual meeting ; but in case of failure to 
elect the officers at the stated time, those in office shall so continue until 
others are chosen. The secretary and treasurer shall be ex officio, 
members of the board of managers. The government and direction of 
the school, the appointment and employment of teachers and other 
officers concerned therewith, and the general management of the affairs 



APPENDIX. iii 

of the association shall be entrusted to the managers, who shall have 
power to enact such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the by- 
laws and regulations of the association, as they shall deem meet and 
proper. 

Section 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid^ 
That the following named persons shall be officers of the said corpora- 
tion, until the election provided for by this act, viz : — Secretary, Henry 
Cope; Treasurer, Benjamm H. Warder; Managers, Thomas P. Cope, 
Thomas C. James, Samuel Bettle, Isaac Davis, Isaac Collins, Thomas 
Kimber, Daniel B. Smith, John Paul, Thomas Evans, Samuel B. 
Morris, Abraham L. Pennock, Bartholomew Wistar, John Gummere, 
John G. Hoskins, George Stewardson, Charles Yarnall, Samuel Par- 
sons, John Griscom, Thomas Cock, Samuel F. Mott, Lindley Murray, 
Gerard T. Hopkins, Joseph King Jr., Benjamin W. Ladd. 

Section 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid^ 
That no misnomer of the above corporation shall defeat or annul any 
gift, grant, devise, or bequest to or for the use of the said corporation : 
Fro-vided the intent of the party or parties shall sufficiently appear on 
the face of the gift, grant, will, or writing, whereby any estate or other 
interest was intended to pass to the said corporation. And provided 
further, that if the corporation hereby created shall misuse or abuse 
the privileges hereby granted, this charter shall be null and void. 

SAMUEL ANDERSON, 
Speaker of the House of Refiresentatives . 
JESSE R BURDEN, 
Speaker of the Senate. 
Approved the fourth day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred 
and thirty-three. 

GEORGE WOLF. 
Secretary's Office, Harrisburg, April 9, 1833. 
This is to certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the original 
law on file in this office. 

Witness my hand and seal. 

JAMES TRIMBLE, Deputy Secretary. 



iv APPENDIX. 



Fundamental Rules of the Association. 

Rule 1. The members of the association shall all be members of the 
religious society of Friends. 

Rule 2. A person holding one share of stock, and less than three 
shares, shall be entitled to one vote at the meetings of the association ; a 
person holding three shares, and less than five shares, shall be entitled 
to two votes ; a person holding five shares, and less than ten shares, 
shall be entitled to three votes ; a person holding ten shares, and less 
than twenty shares, shall be entitled to four votes ; and a person holding 
twenty shares and upwards, shall be entitled to five votes ; and the votes 
of members may be given either in person or by proxy. Provided 
always, That no person holding stock shall be entitled to attend the 
meetings of the association, to vote by proxy, or otherwise to partici- 
pate in the management or direction of the institution, unless he or she 
be at the time a member of the religious society of Friends. 

Rule 3. Every student admitted into this institution shall be a mem- 
ber of the rehgious society of Friends, or the son of a member of that 
society. 

Rule 4. The stock of the association shall be transferred to members 
of the religious society of Friends only. 



By-Laws adopted at a meeting of the Associatio7i held Sixth 
Month 3c?, 1833. 

OF THE MEETINGS. 

The annual meetings of the Association shall be held in Philadelphia 
on the second Second day of the Fifth month, at four o'clock, P. M. 

OF THE SECRETARY. 

The secretary shall keep fair and regular minutes of all the proceed- 
ings of the Association in a book to be provided for that purpose. He 
shall notify all committees of their appointment, and give due notice of 
the meetings of the Association. 

OF THE TREASURER. 

The treasurer shall receive and keep in trust all the monies and the 
title-deeds and papers relating to the estate and other property belonging 



APPENDIX. V 

to the Association. He shall deposit the monies received by him on 
account of the Association in its name in one of the banks in the city of 
Philadelphia, and pay all orders by checks thereon, and shaU keep the 
accounts in a separate set of books provided for the purpose. 

He shall keep a stock-leger, in virhich he shall enter the name of each 
stockholder, w^ith the number and amount of shares held : and also a 
transfer book, from which he shall regularly carry to said leger all the 
transactions on said transfer book. 

OF ORDERS. 

All orders upon the treasurer shall be signed by the Secretary of the 
Association or of the Board of Managers, as the case may require. 

OF THE MANAGERS. 

The Managers shall meet at least once in every month, and nine of 
their number shall be a quorum to transact business. They shall keep 
fair minutes of their proceedings, and shall present an account thereof, 
and of the state of the institution, to the Association, at its aimual meet- 
ings. 

All certificates of stock shall be signed by the Secretary and Treasurer 
of the Association, and the names of the persons to whom the stock is 
to be issued, shall be approved by the Board of Managers. 

OF ALTERATIONS. 

No change shall be made in these By-Laws except at an annual meet- 
ing of the Association. 



By-Laws for the government of the Board of Managers. 

OF MEETINGS. 

Stated meetings of the managers shall be held on the last Seventh day 
of each month at such place as shall from time to time be agreed upon. 

OF THE SECRETARY. 

At their first meeting, annually, or as soon after as may be, the man- 
agers shall appoint a secretary, whose duty it shall be to notify the mem- 
bers of all the meetings of the Board, to keep fair minutes of the pro- 
ceedings, and sign all orders which the managers shall direct to be drawn 
upon the treasurer. 



vi APPENDIX. 

OF STANDING COMMITTEES. 

The following Standing Committees shall be appointed by the Man- 
agers. 

1. A committee on Instruction, who shall have charge of all matters 
relating to the course of instruction and the discipline of the institution, 
and shall from time to time recommend to the Board such modifications 
of either as they shall deem expedient. 

2. A committee on Profierty, who shall have the care of the real estate 
belonging to the Association, and shall make, under the direction of the 
Managers, all contracts for the improvement or leasing of the same. 

3. A committee on Books and Afifiaratus, who shall have charge of 
the library, cabinet, and philosophical apparatus, and shall submit to the 
Managers suggestions for the increase and preservation of the same, as 
they may deem proper. 

4. A committee on Finance and Economy, whose duty it shall be to 
assist the Superintendent in his purchases and expenditures, and gene- 
rally to attend to the financial arrangements, so as to promote systematic 
and economical disbursements in all the concerns relating to the mstitu- 
tion. 

OF REPORTS. 

At each stated meeting of the Board, the Standing Committees shall 
be called over, and report made of their proceedings, if any, during the 
past month. And annually, at the meeting in the Third month, each 
committee shall make a report in writing, exhibiting a summary of its 
transactions, and as far as may be practicable, the present state of the 
concern under its care. 

OF BILLS. 

Bills presented to the Board shall be examined and attested by the 
committee by whom the expenditure was directed. 



Circular* — Haverford School. 

This institution was founded by an association of Friends, and opened 
in the Tenth month, 1833. " Its object is to combine sound and liberal 
instruction in literature and science, with a religious care over the morals 
and manners, thus aff"ording to the youth of our society an opportunity 
of acquiring an education equal in all respects to that which can be ob- 



APPENDIX. vii 

tained at colleges, without exposure to those associations which are apt 
to lead them away from the simplicity of our religious profession." The 
results have thus far been highly satisfactory. Under the immediate 
government of Friends of distinguished ability and experience, incited to 
the full discharge of their arduous duties by an ardent desire for the suc- 
• cessful prosecution of the undertaking, the institution has, it is believed, 
achieved the object of its founders. More students having presented 
themselves than were originally calculated on, the managers, believing that 
the School offers to Friends an opportunity for the liberal and religious 
education of their children, which has long been wanted, and being desi- 
rous of stm farther extending its usefulness, have made provision for the 
accommodation of an additional number. The following information is 
submitted for the government of parents who may propose to avail them- 
selves of its benefits : — 

The school is situated in Haverford township, Delaware county, in a 
pleasant and remarkably healthy neighbourhood, about eight miles' from 
Philadelphia, and is easy of access, by the Columbia rail-road, and other- 
wise. Friends of Radnor Monthly Meeting, have erected a new meet- 
ing-house, within a few hundred yards of the school. The school-house 
stands upon elevated ground, commanding a fine prospect, and contains 
very superior accommodations for the students, each of whom has a 
chamber to himself. But whilst great attention has been paid to neat- 
ness and comfort, useless ornament and extravagant expenditure have 
been studiously avoided. For as it is the anxious desire of the Managers 
that the students should be brought up in that plamness and simplicity, 
which are alone consistent with the religious profession of Friends, so they 
have been careful to guard the establishment from the appearance of osten- 
tation or luxury. 

Instruction in the principles and testimonies of Friends is beUeved to 
be of primary importance, and forms part of the regular duty of the 
Superintendent and one or more of the teachers. A full course of in- 
struction will occupy a period of four years, and the students are arranged, 
according to their acquirements, in one of four classes, viz : the Third 
Junior, Second Junior, Junior, or Senior. There are two sessions in 
the year ; the winter session of six months, commencing on the second 
Fourth day m the Tenth month, and the summer session of four months, 
commencing on the second Fourth day in the Fifth month. An examina- 
tion of all the students will take place at the end of each, preparatory to 
a new classification for the ensuing session. The course of study em- 
braces the Greek and Latm Languages, Antiquities, Ancient and Modem 
Literature, History, Composition, Logic, Rhetoric, Criticism, Mathema- 



viii APPENDIX. 

tics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany, Physiology, Intellectual 
and Moral Philosophy, Political Economy, and the Evidences of Natu- 
ral and Revealed Religion. The qualifications for admission into the 
Third Junior Class, are English, Latin and Greek Grammar, Geogra- 
phy, Algebra as far as Simple Equations, Latin as far as Caesar, and the 
Gospel of John in the original Greek. But as many parents may be 
inclined to avail themselves of the advantages which Haverford affords, 
whose children have not made the requisite progi-ess in all these studies, 
an Introductory School has been formed, under the care of separate 
teachers, in which Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Algebra, 
Grammar, and the elements of the Greek and Latin Languages are taught. 

Sensible of the importance of this Introductory Department, as that in 
which habits of attention are to be formed, and the foundation laid for 
the acquisition of sound learning, the Managers, with the aid of the 
council of Teachers, have recently re-organized it, and believe that it 
may be safely recommended to parents ; the course of instruction being 
adapted to the future studies of the pupil, and the whole being subject to 
the frequent revision of the teachers in the higher departments. 

The school possesses a valuable library, cabinet of minerals, and other 
objects of natural history, and a copious collection of philosophical and 
chemical apparatus, for the purpose of illustrating by experiment the 
lectures upon the physical sciences. The terms for board and tuition, 
includmg washing, are Two Hundred Dollars per annum, payable as 
follows, viz : — $60 at the commencement, and $60 at the middle of the 
whiter term; and $80 payable at the opening of the summer term. The 
Text Books which may be required will be furnished by the superintend- 
ent at wholesale prices. It is particularly desirable that parents who 
propose to send their sons to the School, should be prepared to do so at 
the opening of the terms ; as admissions at a later period have been attend- 
ed with considerable disadvantage not only to the institution, but to the 
students themselves. For further information, application may be made 
to John Gummere, Superintendent, at the school, or to the undersigned, 
No. 39 Market street, Philadelphia. 

By direction and on behalf of the Managers. 

Charles Yarnall, Secretary. 

Fourth Month, 1835. 



The following Minutes of the Managers are subjoined for the further 
guidance of parents and guardians. 

" The supplies to the students being ample, it is believed that neither 
their comfort nor the reputation of the institution will be promoted by 



APPENDIX. k 

placing money in their hands, and it is earnestly recommended to parents 
and others, who send students to the school, to place such sums as they 
may think it expedient to furnish them with for clothing, &c. in the hands 
of the Superintendent, to be dispensed to them at his discretion." 

" As the object of this school is to afford an education to the youth of 
our Religious Society, consistent with its principles, the Superintendent 
and Teachers should have this important concern mainly in view, and 
by example and precept encourage the scholars to plainness in dress 
and address, and endeavour to instil into their minds a love and esteem 
for our doctrines and testimonies. The students are required to dress 
consistently with the simplicity of our profession, and as deviations in 
this respect have been apparent, either from misapprehension or other 
cause, it seems necessary to be more explicit; it will therefore be ex- 
pected hereafter of any student admitted into this institution, that his 
body-coat, round-jacket, and waistcoat, shall be single-breasted, and 
without lappels or falling collars, and where any of these are figured, 
they shall be of patterns consistent with the plainness required in the 
other parts of the dress— the students to wear hats— caps being excluded. 



Rules of Haverford School. 

I. 

The Students will be expected at all times to keep within the enclo- 
sures around the School Building, except when they may have express 
liberty from the Superintendent to pass beyond them. 

II. 

When a Student obtains liberty to extend his walk beyond the pre- 
scribed limits, it is to be distinctly understood that he is not to enter or 
even to go to any house whatever, unless he shall have, at the same 
time, obtained permission from the Superintendent for that purpose. 

III. 

Ample space being appropriated in other parts of the building for the 
use of the Students, they are required to avoid going into the kitchen, 
and such other parts as would be attended with inconvenience to those 
engaged in the domestic concerns of the family. 

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X APPENDIX. 

IV. 

In the interval of School Hours, after the close of the forenoon 
School, the Students wiU have the liberty of free access to their respec- 
tive chambers, provided that they shall preserve them in a decent state — 
that no student shall pass into any other chamber than his own, and 
that at all times, whether in the day or night, when the Students are in 
their chambers or the adjacent passage, they shall avoid all unnecessary 
conversation with each other, and conduct themselves in a quiet manner, 
so as to meet the approbation of the Superintendent. 

V. 

The Students will be expected to be affable and courteous in their in- 
tercourse with each other, and with all those with whom they have con- 
nexion — to conform in all their deportment to strict decorum — to use 
the plain language, to avoid cutting their names, or otherwise defacing 
or wasting either their own property or that of each other, or of the 
institution ; and in general to abstain from any act which, in their judg- 
ment, would not be likely to be sanctioned by those under whose care 
they are placed. 

VI. 

The practice of smoking and chewing tobacco is to be altogether 
avoided by the Students. 

VII. 

No periodical publications except " The Friend," are to be brought 
to the School for the use of the Students, nor any books excepting 
School Books, which shall be subject to the approval of the Council. 
The Council shall also have charge of the Library, and regulate the 
distribution of books to the Students. 



APPENDIX. xi 

General Statement of the Accounts of Haverford School Asso- 
ciation — Fourth Month 21th, 1835. 

Dr. 

To Farm, viz.— Cost of Land, $17,676 62 
Farm buildings and perma- 
nent improvements, - - 6,414 88 

$24,091 50 

To School House and Grounds, viz : — School 
buildings, palisade fence, bathing esta- 
blishment, &c. 26,665 65 

To Furniture, at cost, less 15 per cent. - 7,019 82 
To Library and Apparatus, . . . 4,968 44 

To Farm stock, provisions, fuel, stationary, 

&c. on hand, per inventory, - - 1,428 88 

To Deficit, ' - 5,112 28 

To Balance, viz : — Cash in the hands of Trea- 
surer and Superintendent, including a 
small amount due to the institution, 2,255 22 



[,541 79 



Cr. 

By Capital Stock, amount paid in, - - $54,001 92 
By Donations, 3,339 87 

By Loans, including Mortgage on Farm, - 14,200 00 



$71,541 79 



MEMORANDUM. 

The subscriptions not yet paid to the Treasurer amount to about 
$9,000. 



Catalogue of the Students who have entered Haverford 
School, from its opening to the commencement of the 
Summer Session, Fifth Month 12th, 1835, in the order of 
their admission. 

LB. Wyatt Wistar, from Philadelphia. 

2. Henry H. Collins, " do. 

3. Alfred Collins, " do. 



di 


APPENDIX. 




4. Owen Jones, 


from 


Philadelphia. 


5. John Smith Haines, 


(t 


Germantown, Pa. 


6. Jos. Liddon Pennock, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


7. Dilhvyn Smith, 


(( 


Burlington, N. J. 


8. WiUiam Yarnall, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


9. Daniel Offley Sharpless, 


(( 


do. 


10. Samuel Parsons, Jr. 


(( 


Flushing, New York. 


11. Charles L. Sharpless, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


12. William Gummere, 


(( 


Burlington, N. J. 


13. James F. Morgan, 


(( 


Cincinnati, Ohio. 


14. WiUiam HiUes, 


ii 


Wilmington, Del. 


15. Benjamin R. Smith, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


16. Clarkson Shepperd, 


(( 


Greenwich, N. J. 


17. Joseph Walton, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


18. Francis T. King, 


ii 


Baltimore. 


19. Robert Canby, 


a 


Brandywine, Delaware 


20. Edward Tatnall, 


(« 


do. 


21. Dickinson Logan, 


(( 


near Philadelphia. 


22. Lindley Murray, Jr. 


n 


New York. 


23. John Collins, 


(( 


BurUngton, N. J. 


24. John H. Lewis, 


(( 


Delaware. 


25. Arthur H. Howell, 


11 


Philadelphia. 


26. Jonathan Barnes, 


(( 


do. 


27. William A. Brown, 


(( 


do. 


28. Samuel Mott, 


(( 


New York. 


29. Richard Wistar Davis, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


30. Benjamin W. Jones, 


(( 


do. 


31. Samuel H. Jones, 


it 


do. 


32. John Hunn, 


(( 


Delaware. 


33. Thomas Greaves, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


34. Cyrus Mendenhall, 


(( 


Beaver county, Pa. 


35. Benjamin F. Hardy, 


(( 


do. 


36. Caleb H. Needles, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


37. Robert B. Parsons, 


(4 


Flushing, New York. 


38. Joseph K. Howell, 


(( 


Philadelphia. 


39. Arthur W. Howell, 


<( 


do. 


40. John Bowne, 


(( 


Rahway, New Jersey. 


41. David Colden Murray, 


(( 


New York. 


42. William F. Mott, Jr. 


(( 


New York. 


43. Isaac Clapp, 


(( 


do. 


44. William R. Thurston, 


H 


do. 



APPENDIX. 



45. Robert Bowne, 

46. Thomas A. Collins, 

47. Jonathan Fell, 

48. George Shotwell, 

49. Edward Hacker, 

50. Henry Hacker, 

51. Barclay Arney Smith, 

52. John Elliott, Jr. 

53. Thos. C. Cowperthwait, 

54. Edwin Cowperthwait, 

55. William W. Howell, 

56. James S. Lippincott, 

57. Thomas F. Cock, 

58. David S. Burson, 

59. William H. Trotter, 

60. Samuel Hulme, 

61. Benjamin CoUms, Jr. 

62. Thomas Estlack, 

63. William Parsons, 

64. Henry Everingham, 

65. WiUiam Longstreth, 

66. Henry John Johnson, 

67. Charles P. Leggett, 

68. Isaac S. Serrill, 

69. John D. Richardson, 

70. Joshua Morris, 

71. Stephen Hinsdale, 

72. Lindley Fisher, 

73. Charles WiUiam Fisher, 

74. William Birdsall, Jr. 

75. Thomas W. Birdsall, 

76. Francis Cope, 

77. Thomas P. Cope, Jr. 

78. Benjamin H. Franklin, 

79. George W. Underhill, 

80. Marmaduke W. Allen, 

81. Thomas Redman, Jr. 

82. Charles Foster, 

83. James Carey, 



from New York. 

" Burlington, N. J. 

" Philadelphia. 

« Flushing, N. Y. 

" Philadelphia. 
« do. 

" do. 

*' do. 

" do. 

" do. 

" do. 

" do. 

" New York. 

" Stroudsburg, Pa. 

" Philadelphia. 

" Bucks county. Pa. 

" New York. 

" Philadelphia. 

" New York. 
" do. 

" Philadelphia. 

" Germantown, Pa. 

" New York. 

" Philadelphia. 

" Bucks county, Pa. 

" Philadelphia. 

" New York. 

" Philadelphia county. 
<' do. 

" New York. 
" do. 

" Philadelphia. 
" do. 

« New York. 
" do. 

" Bucks county. Pa. 
Haddonfield, N. J. 

" Philadelphia. 

«■ Baltimore. 



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xiv APPENDIX. 

Form of a Legacy. 

I give and bequeath, (if personal,) — devise, (if real,) to " Haverford 
School Association, the sum of 
(or, if real estate, describe it,) 

to have and to hold, to them, their successors and assigns, to the use of 
the said " Haverford School Association," their successors and assigns. 



Jinnuities, 

The following mode of obtainmg contributions by amiuities, not much 
known amongst us, but familiar to Friends in England, will probably be 
convenient to persons who are desirous of adding to the funds and in- 
creasing tiie usefulness of Haverford School — ^but who may not inchne 
to make any considerable donations during their lives, viz : 

On paying any sum of money to the Treasurer of Ha-verford 
School Association, an obligation to be given to pay an interest of six 
per cent, thereon, annually, to the annuitant: at whose decease the 
interest money ceases, and the principal sum remains the property of 
the association. 



Stephen M. Trimble, who has charge of the farm, and occupies a 
large house, is prepared to accommodate parents, guardians, and other 
visiters, with board and lodging. 



APPENDIX. 



XV 



LIST OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF HAVERFORD SCHOOL 
ASSOCIATION. 



Ashbridge, George G. 
AUinson, Wm. J. 

B. 

Bettle, Samuel 
Bettle, Edward, Estate of 
Brown, Jeremiah 
Brown, Goold 
Birdsall, William 
Browne, Elislia N. 
Bacon, Thomas 
Bettle, Samuel, Jr. 
Bettle, William 

C. 

Cope, Thomas P. 

Collins, Isaac 

Cope, Henry 

Clark, Mary 

Clark, Jane 

Cock, Thomas 

Collins, Benjamin S. 

Cope, Israel 

Cope, Jasper 

Clapp, John 

Cobb, Daniel 

Cooper, John 

Cope, Alfred 

Cresson, Sarah E. 

Crew, Henry 

Cox, John 

Collins, Thomas 

Cowperthwait, Edwin 

Cowperthwait, Thomas C. 

D. 

Dickinson, Sally Norris 
Davis, Isaac 
Dallam, William 
Day, Mahlon 

E. 

Elliott, John 

Evans, Thomas 

Ellis, Benjamin, Estate of 

Ellis, Charles 



Evans, Charles 



F. 



Ferris, John H, 

G. 

Guest, E. & A. (Estate of) 
Gummere, John 
Garrigues, Edward B. 
Garrigues, Isaac B. 
Garrigues, Hay dock 
Greaves, James R. 
Garrett, Philip 
Griscom, John 
Gummere, Samuel R. 

H. 

Hilles, Samuel 
Harvey, Isaac Jr. 
Hinsdale, Henry 
Hacker, Isaiah 
Hacker, Jeremiah 
Hilyard, Abraham 
Howland, Humphrey 
Hunt, Uriah 
HalloweU, John 
Haviland, Edmund 
Hodgson, William Jr. 
Hopkins, Gerard T. (Estate of) 
Hoskins, John G. 
Howell, Joseph 
Haines, Jane B. 

Haines, Guardians of children of 
Reuben 

J. 

Jones, Benjamin 
James, Thomas C. 

K. 

Kimber, Thomas 
King, Joseph Jr. 
King, W. W. 

L. 

Loyd, Isaac S. 
Ladd, Benjamin W. 



APPENDIX. 



Lukens, Solomon 
Lawrence, Henry H. 
Lownes, Hannah 
Livezey, Jane 

M. 
Mott, Samuel F. 
Mifflin, Ann 
Morris, Samuel B. 
Mott, William F. 
Murray, Robert J. 
Murray, Lindley 
Murray, Catharine (Estate of) 
M'Vaugh, Mayberry 
Matthews & Hopkins, 

N. 
Nicholson Lindsey 

P. 

Paul, John 
Parsons, Samuel 
Pennock, Abraham L. 
Popplein, Nicholas 
Perkins, B. D. (Estate of) 
Perot, Elliston, Estate of 
Paul, John Jr., Estate of 
Price, Thomas C, Estate of 
Parke, Hannah 
Pearsall, Robert 

R. 

Randolph, George F. 
Richardson, John 
Roberts, Elizabeth 
Roberts, John 
Rhoads, Samuel Jr. 

S. 
Sharpless, Blakey 
Sharpless, Townsend 
Smith, Thomas 
Smith, Daniel B. 
Stewardson, George 
Shipley, Thomas 
Smith, George R. 
Smith, Susan R. 



Street, John 
Stroud, Daniel 
Smith, Caleb R. 
Serrill, Pearson 
Smith, Robert 
Scattergood, Joseph 



Taylor, Benjamin 
Thomas, Jonathan 
Taylor, Jonathan, Estate of 
Townsend, Joseph 
Trotter, Nathan 
Trotter, Joseph 
Thomas, Robert 

U. 

Underhill, Joshua S. 

Underbill, Walter 
Underhill, George 



Valentine, Benjamin E. 

W. 

Warder, Benjamin H. 
Williams, George 
Wis tar, Bartholomew 
White, Josiah 
Wood, Richard D. 
Wood, Samuel &; Sons 
WiUis, John R. 
Welding, Ely 
Williams, George G. 
Willis, Alfred 
Willis, William Henry 
Wood, Charles S. 
Wood, John 
Wood, George 
Willits, Jeremiah 
Wood, David C. 

Y. 

Yarnall, Edward 
Yarnall, Charles 
Yarnall, Benjamin H. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

First Meetings of Friends to consider the expediency of establishing a School 
for the instruction of Friends' children in the higher branches of 
learning, held in the 4th, 5th and 6th months, 1830, . . - 1 to 4 

Adoption of the Fundamental principles on which such a School should be 

established — 7th mo. 1830, - - g 

Copy of the Circular informing Friends generally of the proposition to establish 

the School— 10th mo. 1830, - - 7 

A certificate from a nmnber of Friends belonging to different Yearly 

Meetings, approving of the plan, -------10 

First meeting of the Stockholders — 11th mo. 1830, - - - - 10 

First election of officers — 12th mo. 1830, - . - . . -11 
First report of the Managers to the Association — 12th mo. 1831, - - H 

Havcrford School Association incorporated — 4th mo. 1832, - - - 13 

Second Report of the Managers to the Association — 5th mo. 1832, . - 14 
Annual Report of the same to same — 5th mo. 1833, - - - - 14 

Report from the Managers — 11th mo. 1833, 17 

Annual Report of the Managers — 5th mo. 1834, 22 

Annual Report of the Managers — 5th mo. 1835, - . . - . 26 
Rxtracts from the Minutes of the Board of Managers, commencing 1st mo. 

1831, 31 

Rules of Discipline and course of Instruction — 5th rao. 1831, - - - 32 
Copy of an Address to Friends generally, by the Managers, explanatory of 
their views respecting the objects of the Institution, and the course of in- 
struction — 5th mo. 13, 1833, --.----34 
Copy of a Report to the Managers from the Committee on Instruction — 1st 

month, 1834, - .... 45 

Names of the Officers of the Institution, ------ 43 

THE APPENDIX CONTAINS 
Act of Incorporation of Haverford School Association, . - . - j 

Fundamental Rules of the Association, -.--.-. iv 
By-Laws of the Association, ........ {^ 

By-Laws of the Board of Managers, .......v 

List of Standing Comm.ittees, - vi 

Copy of a Circular from the Managers, 4th mo. 1835, stating the course of 
Instruction, price of Board and Tuition, with rules respecting the dress 
of the Students, &c. --------- vi 

Rules of Haverford School, ------- -.ix 

General Statement of the Accounts to 4th month 27th, 1835, - - - xi 
Catalogue of Students, .........xi 

Form of Legacies and Annuities, ........ xiv 

Catalogue of Stockholders, xv 



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